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Overview

Bruce Elliott is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia. Their research spans several fields, primarily focusing on Medicine and Engineering, with notable work in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Surgery, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their recent publications illustrate a focus on sports biomechanics, sensor technologies, and applications to injury and performance analysis. Some of these works include:

  • Measurement of uni-planar and sport specific trunk motion using magneto-inertial measurement units: The concurrent validity of Noraxon and Xsens systems relative to a retro-reflective system, 2021, published in Gait & Posture
  • Upper Extremity Muscle Activation during Drive Volley and Groundstroke for Two-Handed Backhand of Female Tennis Players, 2022, published in Journal of Sports Science and Medicine
  • Functional calibration does not improve the concurrent validity of magneto-inertial wearable sensor-based thorax and lumbar angle measurements when compared with retro-reflective motion capture, 2021, published in Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing
  • Improving quality of life for people 65 and over living with dementia using a personalised memory game application, 2022, published in International Journal of Integrated Care
  • Training junior tennis players to increase knee flexion improves their service performance, 2025, published in Sports Biomechanics

The topics frequently addressed in their work include:

  • Shoulder Injury and Treatment
  • Sports Performance and Training
  • Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics
  • Inertial Sensor and Navigation
  • Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
  • Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies
  • Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment

Bruce Elliott has collaborated with multiple researchers, with frequent co-authors including Daniel Cottam, Amity Campbell, Paul Davey, Peter Kent, and Jacqueline Alderson.

The research venues where their work has been published most often reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their studies and include:

  • Gait & Posture
  • Journal of Sports Science and Medicine
  • Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing
  • International Journal of Integrated Care
  • Sports Biomechanics

Best Publications

  • A biomechanical analysis of the sticking region in the bench press.

    Bruce C. Elliott;Gregory J. Wilson;Graham K. Kerr

  • Technique effects on upper limb loading in the tennis serve

    Bruce Elliott;G. Fleisig;Rochelle Nicholls;R. Escamilia

  • Biomechanics and tennis

    Bruce Elliott

  • The effect of technique change on knee loads during sidestep cutting.

    Alasdair Robert Dempsey;David G. Lloyd;Bruce C. Elliott;Julie R. Steele

  • Contributions of Upper Limb Segment Rotations during the Power Serve in Tennis

    Bruce C. Elliott;Robert N. Marshall;Guillermo J. Noffal

  • Changing Sidestep Cutting Technique Reduces Knee Valgus Loading

    Alasdair Robert Dempsey;David G. Lloyd;Bruce C. Elliott;Julie R. Steele

  • Stretch shorten cycle performance enhancement through flexibility training.

    Gregory J. Wilson;Bruce C. Elliott;Graeme A. Wood

  • Applied Anatomy and Biomechanics in Sport

    John Bloomfield;Tim Ackland;Bruce Elliott

  • Technique factors related to ball release speed and trunk injuries in high performance cricket fast bowlers.

    Marc R. Portus;Bruce R. Mason;Bruce C. Elliott;Max C. Pfitzner

  • Kinematics used by world class tennis players to produce high-velocity serves.

    Glenn Fleisig;Rochelle Nicholls;Bruce Elliott;Rafael Escamilla

  • The biomechanics of fast bowling in men's cricket: a review.

    R.M. Bartlett;N.P. Stockill;Bruce Elliott;A.F. Burnett

  • A three-dimensional kinematic method for determining the effectiveness of arm segment rotations in producing racquet-head speed

    E. Sprigings;R. Marshall;Bruce Elliott;L. Jennings

  • A Three-Dimensional Cinematographic Analysis of the Tennis Serve

    Bruce Elliott;Tony Marsh;Brian Blanksby

  • THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STIFFNESS OF THE MUSCULATURE AND STATIC FLEXIBILITY: AN ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATION FOR THE OCCURRENCE OF MUSCULAR INJURY

    Gj. Wilson;Ga. Wood;Bc. Elliott

  • Optimizing whole-body kinematics to minimize valgus knee loading during sidestepping: Implications for ACL injury risk

    Cyril J Donnelly;David Lloyd;David Lloyd;Bruce Elliott;J.A. Reinbolt

  • Training Affects Knee Kinematics and Kinetics in Cutting Maneuvers in Sport

    Jodie L. Cochrane;David Gavin Lloyd;Thor F. Besier;Thor F. Besier;Bruce C. Elliott

  • The effect on performance of imposing a delay during a stretch-shorten cycle movement.

    Gregory J. Wilson;Bruce C. Elliott;Graeme A. Wood

  • Back injuries and the fast bowler in cricket

    Bruce C. Elliott

  • Lower-limb coordination and shoulder joint mechanics in the tennis serve.

    Machar M. Reid;Bruce Elliott;Jacqueline A. Alderson

  • Net forces during tethered simulation of underwater streamlined gliding and kicking techniques of the freestyle turn.

    Andrew D. Lyttle;Brian A. Blanksby;Bruce C. Elliott;David G. Lloyd

  • Biomechanical analysis of the grab, track and handle swimming starts: an intervention study.

    Brian Blanksby;Lee Nicholson;Bruce Elliott

Frequent Co-Authors

Caroline F. Finch
Caroline F. Finch Edith Cowan University
Mark Stevenson
Mark Stevenson University of Melbourne
Karol Miller
Karol Miller University of Western Australia
Thor F. Besier
Thor F. Besier University of Auckland
James A. Dimmock
James A. Dimmock University of Western Australia
Damian Farrow
Damian Farrow Victoria University
Peter O'Sullivan
Peter O'Sullivan Curtin University
Leon Straker
Leon Straker Curtin University
J. Robert Grove
J. Robert Grove University of Western Australia
Ben Jackson
Ben Jackson University of Western Australia

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